Reliable mortality statistics for Turkey: Are we there yet?

Özdemir, Raziye; Rao, Chalapati; Öcek, Zeliha; Horasan, Gönül Dınç

doi:10.1186/s12889-015-1904-1

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“…Around four decades ago, an international evaluation suggested that countries paid attention to vital statistics programmes at a stage in their economic development where such data were imperative for policy 72. These factors probably influenced improvements in national CRVS systems in Turkey, Oman and the Philippines in recent times 73–75. Moreover, the advent of computerisation has vastly enhanced the potential for greater efficiencies in data management.…”

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Elements of a strategic approach for strengthening national mortality statistics programmes

Rao

2019

BMJ Glob Health

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Information on cause-specific mortality from civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) systems is essential for health policy and epidemiological research. Currently, there are critical gaps in the international availability of timely and reliable mortality data, which limits planned progress towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals. This article describes an evidence-based strategic approach for strengthening mortality data from CRVS systems. National mortality data availability scores from the Global Burden of Disease study were used to group countries into those with adequate, partial or negligible mortality data. These were further categorised by geographical region and population size, which showed that there were shortcomings in availability of mortality data in approximately two-thirds of all countries. Existing frameworks for evaluating design and functional status of mortality components of CRVS systems were reviewed to identify themes and topics for assessment. Detailed national programme assessments can be used to investigate systemic issues that are likely to affect death reporting, cause of death ascertainment and data management. Assessment findings can guide interventions to strengthen system performance. The strategic national approach should be customised according to data availability and population size and supported by human and institutional capacity building. Countries with larger populations should use an incremental sampling approach to strengthen CRVS systems and use interim data for mortality estimation. Periodic data quality evaluation is required to monitor system performance and scale up interventions. A comprehensive implementation and operations research programme should be concurrently launched to evaluate the feasibility, success and sustainability of system strengthening activities.

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Elements of a strategic approach for strengthening national mortality statistics programmes

Rao

2019

BMJ Glob Health

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“…The mortality due to sICH was reported to be lower in Japan than in any other region [ 1 ], and this might result from an intensive medical intervention attitude even for comatose patients with sICH [ 12 ]. Further, we should be skeptical about the accuracy of the reported mortality number, since this also definitely contains errors due to misdiagnosis [ 13 , 14 ].…”

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Prefectural difference in spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage incidence in Japan analyzed with publically accessible diagnosis procedure combination data: possibilities and limitations

Fukuhara

Hori

2016

Epidemiol Health

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OBJECTIVES:Annually reported, publically accessible Diagnosis Procedure Combination (DPC) data from the Japanese government is a part of the total DPC database of the Japanese medical reimbursement system for hospitalization. Although medical issues can be evaluated with these data promptly, the applicability of these data in epidemiological analyses has not been assessed.METHODS:We performed analyses using only statistical indices reported on the a government website. As a preliminary step, the prefectural consistency of spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage (sICH) was examined with prefectural mortality over 20 years. Then the prefectural incidence of sICH for four years was calculated, utilizing publically accessible DPC data. To determine its reliability, the consistency was examined, and correlations were analyzed with three prefectural factors expected to have an effect: the elderly rate, mortality due to sICH, and the non-DPC bed rate. In addition, a comparison model between prefectures with this method was developed by analyzing other prefecture-specific factors.RESULTS:Prefectural mortality due to sICH and prefectural sICH incidence in the DPC database were both consistent over the years. Prefectural sICH incidence had a constant positive correlation with the elderly rate, a partial correlation with mortality due to sICH, but no correlation with the non-DPC bed rate, which is one of the major biases when utilizing the DPC database. In the comparison model, the factors of low income and alcohol consumption showed increased sICH incidence.CONCLUSIONS:Although careful attention to its limitations is required, publically accessible DPC data will provide insights into epidemiological issues.

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“…Takođe, pouzdani i validni podaci o mortalitetu su važni za epidemiološka istraživanja kao i za javno-zdravstvenu politiku i prioritetne ciljeve [6]. Statistika mortaliteta je jedan od osnovnih izvora zdravstvenih informacija i u mnogim zemljama je najpouzdaniji izvor zdravstvenih podataka [7].…”

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Unknown and ill-defined causes of death in the mortality of the populations of Serbia, Croatia, North Macedonia, and Slovenia, in the period between 2007 and 2016

Rosić¹

2021

Srpski medicinski časopis Lekarske komore

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Introduction: Data on the cause of death form the cornerstone for analyzing the health situation and disease in countries, and they make a major contribution to building evidence for health policies. Aim: The aim of this study was to determine the extent to which diagnoses from the group - Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99), International Classification of Diseases (ICD - Revision X) were used as the main cause of death in Serbia, Croatia, North Macedonia, and Slovenia in the ten-year period, 2007 - 2016. Materials and methods: Methods of descriptive and analytical statistics were used in this research. An analysis of data on the causes of death (R00-R99 ICD - Revision X), by gender, during the ten-year period (2007 - 2016) was performed. Linear regression was also used as an analytical method to analyze the trend. Results: During the ten-year period, in Serbia, the R00-R99 diagnoses were among the five most common groups of diagnoses of death, i.e., in each year they took third place, with a percentage of 4.7%. In the observed period, in the surrounding countries, there was an increase in the death rate in Slovenia, with the highest rate in 2016 (19.9), while in Croatia there was a decrease in the death rate related to the diagnoses from group XVIII ICD - X (R00-R99). In Macedonia, the rate had a linear trend, with a slight decline in 2012 (52.3) and 2013 (58.7). In the observed period, an increase in the death rate of the population of Serbia with an unknown cause of death was observed, with particularly high rates in 2009 and 2016. Comparative analysis has shown that R00-R99 diagnoses are represented more in the mortality statistics of Serbia than in Slovenia and Croatia, and less than in Northern Macedonia. Conclusion: Urgent interventions are needed to improve the quality of mortality statistics and data on the causes of death in the described countries.

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Reliable mortality statistics for Turkey: Are we there yet?

Cited by 17 publications

References 13 publications

Elements of a strategic approach for strengthening national mortality statistics programmes

Elements of a strategic approach for strengthening national mortality statistics programmes

Prefectural difference in spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage incidence in Japan analyzed with publically accessible diagnosis procedure combination data: possibilities and limitations

Unknown and ill-defined causes of death in the mortality of the populations of Serbia, Croatia, North Macedonia, and Slovenia, in the period between 2007 and 2016

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